Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
J. Robert Kerrey
J. Kerrey was a Democratic U.S. senator from Nebraska, first elected to Congress in 1989, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (101st–106th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- S. 3229 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a tax credit for the cost of certain equipment used to convert public television broadcasting from…Oct 24, 2000 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 3200 Social Security KidSave Accounts ActOct 12, 2000 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S.Res. 363 A resolution commending the late Ernest Burgess, M.D., for his service to the Nation and the international community, and expressing the condolences of the…Sep 29, 2000 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- S. 2895 A bill to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3030 Meredith Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska, as the "Reverend J.C. Wade Post…Sep 27, 2000 · Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- S. 1612 Missouri River Basin, Middle Loup Division Facilities Conveyance ActAug 25, 2000 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 751.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 1649 (104th) Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1996Became law
- S. 1406 (103rd) Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994Became law
- S.Res. 246 (106th) A resolution relative to the death of Carl Curtis, former United States Senator for the State of Nebraska.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 296 (105th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that, on completion of construction of a World War II Memorial in Area I of the District of Columbia and its…Passed a chamber
- S. 1543 (104th) A bill to clarify the treatment of Nebraska impact aid payments.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 140 (101st) A resolution authorizing the use of the Senate Hart Building Atrium for a concert by the Congressional Chorus.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 209 (101st) A resolution to authorize the use of the Hart Building atrium for a holiday concert by the Congressional Chorus.Passed a chamber
- S. 1111 (103rd) Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorative Coin Act of 1994Reported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Kerrey has won
Sen. Kerrey has won 2 U.S. Senate elections (1988, 1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.8 to 15.0 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 19 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.